See Also: scion(dictionary)
scion(medicine)
scion(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
contralateral(dictionary)
Contralateral(medicine)
Contralateral(health)
contralateral partner(medicine)
contralateral sign(medicine)
contralateral reflex(medicine)

contralateral reflex (medicine) and scion (medicine)


contralateral reflex (medicine)


contralateral reflex -->
Brudzinski's sign
<clinical sign> A physical examination finding that can indicate inflammation of the meninges (meningitis), performed in two forms: passive flexion of one leg results in a similar movement on the opposite side or if the neck is passively flexed, flexion occurs in the legs.


scion (medicine)


scion


1. <botany> A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker. A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.

2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.

Origin: OF. Cion, F. Scion, probably fron scier to saw, fr. L. Secare to cut. Cf. Section.

Source: Websters Dictionary